3/18/14

Steeped in Evil by Laura Childs



 ★★★★

GENRE: Cozy Mystery
SUBJECT: wine distribution
Setting: Charleston, SC
CHARACTERS: Theodosia Browning, Drayton Conneley, Jordan Knight, Andrew Turner, Tanya Woodson
DATE READ: March 17 - March 18
NO. OF PAGES: 320
Challenges: 75, Category, TIOLI,  
SOURCE: Signed ARC  from the Author

PLOT:....................................................................4.00
CHARACTERIZATION:.......................................3.50
TOPICS: ...............................................................4.50
STYLE:..................................................................4.00
ORIGINALITY:.......................................................4.00
ADDICTIVENESS:..............................................4.00
OWNERSHIP:......................................................4.00
Threshold Quality.................................................4.00
Average..............................................................................................4.00

Just because Theodosia and Drayton run the Indigo Tea Shoppe, that doesn't stop them from enjoying other beverages even when murder is involved.  Visiting a friend's winery, Theo and Drayton are present when a body tumbles out of a wine cask and because of Theo's special talents at uncovering answers, she sets out to expose the villain and help her friends. 

Reading a tea shoppe mystery is like visiting some of your favorite friends while enjoying your preferred activity. I keep wishing that there was a real  Indigo Tea Shoppe in Charleston.  I'd be there in a heartbeat just to meet these characters.

My sincere thanks to Laura Childs for the signed ARC - I loved it anyway.

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